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Alfred Cornelius Lynch (26 January 1931 – 16 December 2003) was an English actor on stage, film and television.[1]

Alfred Lynch
Autographed still from The Password Is Courage (1962)
Born	(1931-01-26)26 January 1931 Whitechapel, London, UK
Died	16 December 2003(2003-12-16) (aged 72)
Years active	1959–2000
Partner	James Culliford

Early life

Lynch was born in Whitechapel, London, the son of a plumber. After attending a Catholic school, he worked in a drawing office as a draughtsman before entering national service. Then, whilst working in a factory, he attended theatre acting evening classes, at which he met his life partner, James Culliford.[2]

Stage

In 1958 he joined the Royal Court Theatre and acted in a number of plays, including original productions of Chicken Soup with Barley and The Kitchen by Arnold Wesker. Lynch also starred in Joan Littlewood’s production of Brendan Behan’s The Hostage in London and New York, in which critic Kenneth Tynan praised his "beautiful playing".

Screen work

After 1960 his career moved more into film and television, with leading roles in On the Fiddle (1961) and West 11 (1962) as well as prominent roles in Two and Two Make Six and The Password Is Courage (both 1962) and supporting roles in 55 Days at Peking (1963) and The Hill (1965). He also appeared as Tranio in 1967's The Taming of the Shrew and as Medvedenko in the 1968 adaptation of The Sea Gull; while he later played Charlie Kray in the 1990 film The Krays.

On television he had the title role in the now-lost TV series Hereward the Wake (1965), as well as the lead in Manhunt (1969); along with a number of roles in one off plays, in series such as Theatre 625, The Wednesday Play and Armchair Theatre. He appeared in a number of popular television series in later years including Jackanory, Going Straight, Bergerac, Lovejoy, Pie in the Sky and the Doctor Who serial The Curse of Fenric as Commander Millington.[3]

Death

After Culliford's stroke in 1972, Lynch moved from London to Saltdean, near Brighton, until his death from cancer in 2003.[4][5]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1959	Look Back in Anger	2nd Commercial Traveller
1961	On the Fiddle	Horace Pope
1962	Two and Two Make Six	Thomas 'Tom' Ernest Bennett
1962	The Password Is Courage	Corporal Bill Pope
1963	55 Days at Peking	Gerald	Uncredited
1963	West 11	Joe Beckett
1965	The Hill	George Stevens
1967	The Taming of the Shrew	Tranio
1968	Something Like Love
1968	The Sea Gull	Medvedenko
1973	The Blockhouse	Larshen	Uncredited
1977	Joseph Andrews	Postilion
1981	Loophole	Harry
1990	The Krays	Charlie Kray
1990	Bergerac	Whittaker
1991	Until the End of the World	Old Man Alfred
1994	Second Best	Edward
1995	Pie in the Sky	Bill Pritchard

Notes

External links

• Alfred Lynch at IMDb
• Obituary from The Guardian

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